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2026 Local Government Elections

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Who covered it

PublisherArticles
www.citizen.co.za9
www.dailymaverick.co.za6
briefly.co.za1
theherald.co.za1
pondolandtimes.co.za1
www.thesouthafrican.com1
www.itweb.co.za1
www.dailydispatch.co.za1
www.ebnewsdaily.co.za1
www.biznews.com1

Articles

When (UTC)HeadlinePublisher
10-22 21:23LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: A red beret in the Deep South — meet the EFF’s unlikely ward candidatewww.dailymaverick.co.za
10-21 16:23DA accuses ANC coalition of rushing appointments ahead of elections | The Heraldtheherald.co.za
10-21 11:53Local elections: What parties say they will do about GBV | The Citizenwww.citizen.co.za
10-21 11:53Local elections: What parties say they will do about GBVwww.citizen.co.za
10-17 03:32Homeless people demand answers from parties ahead of local electionswww.ebnewsdaily.co.za
10-16 13:01ANC Condemns Political Killings Ahead of November Local Government Electionspondolandtimes.co.za
10-16 09:05Telkom commits R20m to support local govt electionswww.itweb.co.za
10-15 21:49LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Loyiso Masuku promises culture shift in Joburg, says ANC could have done betterwww.dailymaverick.co.za
10-15 12:11Will ConCourt judgment on ANC vs IEC open a can of worms before the elections? | The Citizenwww.citizen.co.za
10-15 12:11Will ConCourt judgment on ANC vs IEC open a can of worms before the elections?www.citizen.co.za
10-14 21:12LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Cosatu breaks with exclusive ANC support to back left-wing ‘super pact’www.dailymaverick.co.za
10-14 21:10LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Frustrated ANC supporters tell Mashatile, back from illness, to ‘act right’www.dailymaverick.co.za
10-14 20:45LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: MK will ‘hoover up’ eThekwini, but race could lead to a shaky coalitionwww.dailymaverick.co.za
10-14 20:43LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma reported to IEC for xenophobic smear on Rise candidate Aziz Allywww.dailymaverick.co.za
10-14 14:09MK Party Cancels Siyathatha Rally Ahead of 4 November Elections As Jacob Zuma Remains in Hospitalbriefly.co.za
10-14 12:21Water crisis: What the ANC, DA, EFF and MK party promise ahead of the 4 November local elections | The Citizenwww.citizen.co.za
10-14 12:21Water crisis: What the ANC, DA, EFF and MK party promise ahead of the 4 November local electionswww.citizen.co.za
10-13 06:04Elections 2026: What the ANC, DA, EFF and MK party say on land | The Citizenwww.citizen.co.za
10-13 06:04Elections 2026: What the ANC, DA, EFF and MK party say on landwww.citizen.co.za
10-01 11:25Coalition government looms in Lekwa as opposition parties plot ANC-EFF oustingwww.citizen.co.za
09-21 05:18EFF targets ANC-held councils in Eastern Capewww.dailydispatch.co.za
09-20 16:07‘MKP is dead’: EFF’s Malema takes swipe at Zuma-led partywww.thesouthafrican.com
09-20 13:12LGEs 2026: The ANC, DA, MKP, EFF, IFP, Freedom Front, Patriotic Alliance, ActionSAwww.biznews.com

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